Capture your highlights, insights and ideas
Most people mindlessly browse the web and share whatever gets their attention in the moment.
What they don’t do is capture things that they find value in. What might have been worthwhile insights eventually just fade into oblivion. But if you get into the habit of capturing what catches your attention, you’re not only more likely remember it, but take action on it.
If you all do is underline and highlight sections of a book, you’re not really going to benefit. You have to actually do something with what you’ve underlined and highlighted. While reading, it’s not uncommon to highlight and underline several parts of a book. However when you go back to capture what you’ve read, this is when you want to be discerning. And the simple way to discern between what you should capture and not is by asking yourself the question "is this important to me?"
Underline books into a few categories:
- Beautiful language
- Research for my own projects
- Actionable Ideas
Ask Yourself Questions About What You’re Reading
When we start asking questions about whatever it is we’re reading we move from passively consuming something to being actively engaged with it. You’re much better off being actively engaged with 10 pages of good writing than you are passively consuming 50 articles on the internet.
Read a Book More than once
When you read a book for the second time, you often discover insights that you overlooked on your first read. There are many books on my shelf that I revisit regularly. Revisiting these books has often led ideas for articles to write about and even parts of my books.
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